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US soldiers who were targeted by would-be Egyptian terrorist in Kuwait save his life by getting him out of a burning vehicle
2016-10-10
That sounds like the kind of thing our guys would instinctively do.
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] American soldiers rescued a would-be Egyptian terrorist who rammed his vehicle into their truck while they were driving along a Kuwaiti highway, causing it to catch fire.

The US embassy said on Sunday that the troops, who are deployed in Kuwait, were intentionally rammed into by the Egyptian in what officials are calling 'an attempted terrorist attack.'

While all three US troops in the truck escaped unharmed, the assailant suffered injuries and was rushed to hospital after being pulled from his burning garbage truck by the soldiers.

Kuwaiti authorities have identified the assailant as 28-year-old Ibrahim Sulaiman.

Kuwaiti authorities had earlier said five American soldiers were involved.

The Interior Ministry published pictures of the aftermath of the crash showing a wrecked garbage truck along with items it described as a suicide belt loaded with shrapnel.

The white pickup truck apparently carrying the soldiers had the left side of its bed smashed in.
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